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Pakistan v England
The 3rd ODI Match
Tuesday November 17th
Tuesday November 17th
at Sharjah Cricket Stadium
starting at 15:00 (11:00 GMT)
starting at 15:00 (11:00 GMT)
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Team news (from Cricinfo)
No qualms about Pakistan's pace attack - Wahab Riaz's class allied to Mohammad Irfan's cloud-scraping angle of attack, plus Anwar Ali's consistency with the new ball - means that their seam options are plentiful. There is, however, a concern over Yasir Shah's fitness. He sustained a knee injury during practice on the eve of the match and may be forced to sit this one out. Bilal Asif would be the obvious stand-in. At the top of the batting order, Ahmed Shehzad could become Azhar Ali's third opening partner in as many matches.
Pakistan (probable) 1 Azhar Ali ©, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Iftikhar Ahmed, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Babar Azam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (w), 8 Anwar Ali, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Yasir Shah, 11 Mohammad Irfan.
No reason for significant tinkering to England's balance or line-up. The top five looks as solid as anything that the selectors have conjured up since the pre-World Cup panic that unseated Alastair Cook, while Jos Buttler's struggle for form is no reflection on his obvious class. Not for the first time this tour, the role of Moeen Ali is raising some eyebrows - he is arguably under-utilised in the lower middle-order - while the temptation to play an extra paceman in Liam Plunkett must be strong. But if Adil Rashid's legspin is to develop as a one-day threat, with next year's tour of India an obvious staging post, then these are the fixtures in which he needs to play.
England (probable) 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan ©, 5 James Taylor, 6 Jos Buttler (w), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 David Willey, 11 Reece Topley.
No qualms about Pakistan's pace attack - Wahab Riaz's class allied to Mohammad Irfan's cloud-scraping angle of attack, plus Anwar Ali's consistency with the new ball - means that their seam options are plentiful. There is, however, a concern over Yasir Shah's fitness. He sustained a knee injury during practice on the eve of the match and may be forced to sit this one out. Bilal Asif would be the obvious stand-in. At the top of the batting order, Ahmed Shehzad could become Azhar Ali's third opening partner in as many matches.
Pakistan (probable) 1 Azhar Ali ©, 2 Ahmed Shehzad, 3 Mohammad Hafeez, 4 Iftikhar Ahmed, 5 Shoaib Malik, 6 Babar Azam, 7 Sarfraz Ahmed (w), 8 Anwar Ali, 9 Wahab Riaz, 10 Yasir Shah, 11 Mohammad Irfan.
No reason for significant tinkering to England's balance or line-up. The top five looks as solid as anything that the selectors have conjured up since the pre-World Cup panic that unseated Alastair Cook, while Jos Buttler's struggle for form is no reflection on his obvious class. Not for the first time this tour, the role of Moeen Ali is raising some eyebrows - he is arguably under-utilised in the lower middle-order - while the temptation to play an extra paceman in Liam Plunkett must be strong. But if Adil Rashid's legspin is to develop as a one-day threat, with next year's tour of India an obvious staging post, then these are the fixtures in which he needs to play.
England (probable) 1 Jason Roy, 2 Alex Hales, 3 Joe Root, 4 Eoin Morgan ©, 5 James Taylor, 6 Jos Buttler (w), 7 Moeen Ali, 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Adil Rashid, 10 David Willey, 11 Reece Topley.